Clothes-drier attachment for hot-water tanks



May 31 1927.

D. HINOYES CLOTHES DRIER ATTACHMENT 051101. WATER TANKS Filed April 22. 1926 Patented May 31, 1927.

UNITED STATES DANIEL INOYESM onnrnor, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLOTHES-DRIER ATTACHMENT FOR Hor-wA'rEn Tanks.

Application filed April 22, i92s.,f seria1 No. 103,687;

This invention relates to drying racks for towels, cloths and 'the'like, and especially to that class used in household kitchens and like places.

It is particularly adaptedto be clamped on to cylindrical objects such as boilers, and may be so adjusted-asto avoid contact with walls, should the said boilerbe located in close proximity thereto, or in an angle, or corner of a room.

It is light, neat in appearance, and low "in I .cost of manufacture.

Further advantagesv and objects will be described in detail in the following specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: v

F 1g. 1 shows the device in its simplest form mounted on a boiler of the "class described; the said boiler being located in an angle of an fLClJZtCGIltWEIll.

Fig. 2 shows a plan view and indicates the. relative position of the rack to the adjacent angularwalls. g

Fig. 3 shows an enlarged view of a hook, as shown in the preceding views, and a, section of the retaining band.

Fig. l showsa modification of the device,

' in which a longer pin isdetachablyheld line 5-'5 of Figure at.

within a slotted recess in the retaining. band.

Fig. 5 shows a fragmentary section on the Fig. 6 shows a fragmentary top-Vie of the parts illustrated in Figure 5.

parts:

A retaining band, or strap 10 of iron, or any suitable material, is adapted to be secured to a cylindrical object such as the boiler shown at 11, by means of the binding clamp 12. The band member is provided 'with a bead, or raised portion '13 which egrtends' for the full length of'same and near to its bottom edge; the objectof thisbead is to offset the tendency of the band to sag 1 forward at the top when under load; ita'lso affords a firmer grip on the supporting object to prevent any downward slipping movement.

The hook members as shown at 14: and 15 are secured to the band 10 near to its upper edge and have their, downturned portions resting against the surface of the said band.

In the modification as shown in Figure 4 of the drawin s" han er )ins as 16/ which i b C 7 The rack is comprisedof the following may be of varying lengths, are provided with flange membersas 17, which rest within a slotted recess as "shown at .18. Thesehanger members maybe removed and re placed at will, and long, or short onesused to meet the requirementsof the moment.

The hooks as shown at 14; may be provided. with flanged rear' extremities and secured to the band in the same manner as;

the pins 16.

While I have shownth'e' preferred forms of my invention; I'do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction asils such minor departures therefrom. as may comeithin the scope of the appended claims.

' Having thus described my inventiornwhat I I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is asffollows:

1. In a drying rack of the class. described," a band adapted to be clamped upon the cylindrical surface ofa cylindricalbody lower. portionofadiameter less than said upper offset portion adapted. to engage the Walls of said cylindrical body, said upper olfset portion, being provided with open slots extending from the top thereof, and hanger pinshaving enlargements on the ends thereof adapted to be insertedinto said slots .from above through. the-upper open end 'lustrated herewith, but claimthe right to,

comprising an upper offset portion anda thereof toia position between theinner surface of said offset "portion and the outer s'urfaceof said cylindrical body, said hanger pins being removable bodily from said band. 2. In a drying rack of the class described,

cylindrical surface of a cylindrical body, a

plurality of outwardly projecting pockets on i I said band hav ng'an open end at the-top a band adapted ;to be clamped upon the thereof, the front of said' -pockets being provlded with a slot-eXt-e 'idmg from the open to. thereof a haiwer ln tl oro cot-ion on.

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saidhanger pin spaced from the end thereof, 1 and alug on the end ofs'aid pro e'ct on, said lug being adapted to be inserted in said pocket from above through the open end thereof, said projectionbeing conllnedin said slot for remo'vably supporting said hanger pin.

In testimony whereof 'I signature.

v -i05 haveaflixed my" DANIEL H. orse. 5 

